There have been numerous stories flooding the news about teenagers committing suicide or hate crimes due to certain song lyrics among the rap and rock genres. Many rappers do not serve as good role models for the children that listen to their music. ... For example, popular rap artist Cypress Hill sang, "I put my glock to your dome and you start to cry, bye. ... Media has a severe impact on the distribution of music through advertisement. ... Virtually every angle is covered in the exposure of music, including violent music like Marilyn Manson's. ...

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Aggressive music has always promoted violence in a direct way this easily noticed in 1970's punk music and even more so today in heavy metal. ... This is due to the origins of the music and how the mainstream media judges and delivers their once underground music. ... This is stated in Tricia Ross' book Black Noise in which she states, The way rap and rap-related violence are discussed in the popular media is fundamentally linked to a larger social discourse on the spacial control of black people' (Ross, 1994, p125) Ross believes that although the media wants to believe that th...

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The truth is often sensationalized to win viewers or sell music. ... Music is a powerful communication medium for adolescents, who often associate the music with such emotions as excitement, happiness, and love. ... Rappers like Mack 10, Korn, and Marilyn Manson use extremely explicit lyrics. ... "The Columbine school shooting has been traced to the music of Marilyn Manson whose music was said to have been played constantly by the shooters. ... From an ethical perspective, indecency and obscenity are not essential to the communication of socially relevant messages to adolescents, even within h...

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